Zouérate weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇷 Mauritania · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Zouérate is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with February and March close behind. Zouérate averages about 3,704 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,704
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 49 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 55k
- Elevation
- 338 m
When is the best time to visit Zouérate?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Zouérate is January, then February and March. The dullest month is July (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Zouérate?
Zouérate is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,704 hours of sunshine a year. 100 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. Zouérate is the sunniest of the 3 destinations tracked in Mauritania. Rain is a non-event in Zouérate — about 49 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| February | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| March | 100 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| April | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| May | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| June | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| July | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| August | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 10 mm | 10 |
| September | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 15 mm | 9 |
| October | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 8 |
| November | 100 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| December | 100 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 1 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dakhla Western Sahara · 368 km · best in Jan · 3,691 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 613 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Gran Canaria Spain · 645 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Fuerteventura Spain · 648 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Lanzarote Spain · 697 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 717 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Laayoune Western Sahara · 493 km · 3,339 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Nouadhibou Mauritania · 511 km · 3,365 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tan Tan Morocco · 646 km · 2,683 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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